❐ Was Jesus really born in Bethlehem? Why the Gospels disagree over the circumstances of Christ's birth
2020 Dec 15
A doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem. David Silverman/Getty Images
The differences in the Gospels are hard to reconcile. That's because, says a scholar, they offer an important insight into the Greco-Roman views of ethnic identity.